Commentary: Singing in the rain with LSU

8:48 AM,
Sep. 22, 2013

Written by

ROY LANG III
The Times

BATON ROUGE -- Forget a seismograph and the Richter Scale. A barometer and an ark would have better equipped folks for Saturday's LSU-Auburn matchup at Tiger Stadium.

Twenty five years after the Earthquake Game, the 2013 version of the Bayou Bengals viscously drowned their counterparts from Auburn University, 35-21. When Louisiana State scored three quick touchdowns, it appeared, as least, the visiting Tigers would have their fate determined quickly in front of (an announced) 92,638 poncho-wearing diehards.

However, the hosts took a cue from Mother Nature and didn't pour it on in the ...